
Putting the COMMUNITY Back in the Vinyl Community
Listen to vinyl? So do we (a lot). We are members of the Vinyl Community ("VC") and we share our love of analog on YouTube, Instagram, and places in between. This consortium of content creators is pleased to offer this podcast channel as a gateway to take these conversations - wherever they may go - on the go, to listen on your favorite podcast platform. If you love music + record talk, you are in the right place. Dust off that turntable, cue the lever, and listen to a litany of podcast contributors now!
Episodes

Monday Jan 19, 2026
Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Top Targets for 2026, A Vinylphyle Dud?
Monday Jan 19, 2026
Monday Jan 19, 2026
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For more on host Concert Buddie:
https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie
IG: @concertbuddie
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For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):Ā
https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency
IG: @fidelios_frequency
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For more on Jason Roxas:
https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas
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For more on David Bianco (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion):
https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion
Please join David every Monday on his YouTube channel for "The Audio Quest", a livestream discussing the latest news in gear, releases, and topics keen to the auditorily inclined.Ā
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For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):
https://www.youtube.com/@Groove_Seeker
IG: @thegrooveseeker
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For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:
https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com
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Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE

Thursday Jan 15, 2026
Surface Noise | Future Shock!
Thursday Jan 15, 2026
Thursday Jan 15, 2026
We back! If you know, you know.
The show of record, talking records - SURFACE NOISE - is looking at the potential future of our own record collecting journeys. After we hit on some current events in the hobby:
- Bob Weir's passing (RIP) šø
- A big jazz collection in Pittsburgh being sold off on Discogs (RIP George) and how to get some rare jazz titles šŗ
- News on the remainder of the Atlantic 75 Series from Acoustic Sounds šš»
- Plus a few new releases announced in the Rhino Reserve catalog. šØ
From there we discuss the use of apps during our own vinyl pursuits, including a (better) POV on a new contender: Vinyl Snap. Does a mere picture of an album cover, record label, or bar code give all the keys to collecting success at our fingertips? Or is this another pretender to the Discogs throne? š Ā Find out what our panel thinks!
Before you spin that next black circle, let SURFACE NOISE inform, entertain, and complain!
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For more on host Concert Buddie:
https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie
IG: @concertbuddie
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For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):Ā
https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency
IG: @fidelios_frequency
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For more on Jason Roxas:
https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas
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For more on David Bianco (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion):
https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion
Please join David every Monday on his YouTube channel for "The Audio Quest", a livestream discussing the latest news in gear, releases, and topics keen to the auditorily inclined.Ā
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For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):
https://www.youtube.com/@Groove_Seeker
IG: @thegrooveseeker
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For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:
https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com
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Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE
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Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
Beer & Vinyl | The Economics of an Indie Record Label: Terry Cole of Colemine Records
Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
Wednesday Jan 14, 2026
The tap is back on at Vinyl Community Podcasts as Alex (Beer & Vinyl) returns to the airwaves with an insightful chat with the founder/owner of Colemine Records Terry Cole.Ā

Monday Jan 12, 2026
Surface Noise | Bonus Trax: Vinyl Gifts, Vinyl Snap, Vinyl Surprises
Monday Jan 12, 2026
Monday Jan 12, 2026
If your New Year's resolution was to listen to more Surface Noise, we've got your hookup with the latest BONUS TRAX! Hear our adventurous vinylists discuss a few vinyl-related gifts they each received over the holidays, then they discuss a new app called Vinyl Snap. What is Vinyl Snap? Check in on the next episode as only Arnaldo did the homework (during a trial period).Ā
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For more on host Concert Buddie:
https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie
IG: @concertbuddie
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For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):Ā
https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency
IG: @fidelios_frequency
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For more on Jason Roxas:
https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas
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For more on David Bianco (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion):
https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion
Please join David every Monday on his YouTube channel for "The Audio Quest", a livestream discussing the latest news in gear, releases, and topics keen to the auditorily inclined.Ā
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For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):
https://www.instagram.com/thegrooveseeker
IG: @thegrooveseeker
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For more on the immortal Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong):
https://www.youtube.com/@josemorenorahn
https://auroracentralrecords.bandcamp.com
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For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:
https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com
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Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE

Thursday Jan 08, 2026
Surface Noise | Record Show Radar for 2026
Thursday Jan 08, 2026
Thursday Jan 08, 2026
Welcome back to the show of record, talking records - SURFACE NOISE! And we are ready to bring you more vinyl record talk than you can fit in your record room!
For the first show of 2026, the panel jumps into some current events in the wacky world including another box set fiasco, a pulse from Vinyl Me, Please, and the Rhino Start Your Ear Off Right (SYEOR) reissue releases are out now in January (and who ordered any).
From there we share some of the key record shows on our radar for 2026. Will we see you at any? Austin? Vinyl Con(s)? Chicago? The Surface Noise crew is excited to explore new record shows for 2026, and hope to see our fellow vinylists all across the globe!
Add in a few John Bong F bombs, and we are off to the races!
This...is SURFACE NOISE.
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For more on host Concert Buddie:
https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie
IG: @concertbuddie
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For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):Ā
https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency
IG: @fidelios_frequency
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For more on Jason Roxas:
https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas
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For more on David Bianco (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion):
https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion
Please join David every Monday on his YouTube channel for "The Audio Quest", a livestream discussing the latest news in gear, releases, and topics keen to the auditorily inclined.Ā
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For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):
https://www.instagram.com/thegrooveseeker
IG: @thegrooveseeker
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For more on the immortal Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong):
https://www.youtube.com/@josemorenorahn
https://auroracentralrecords.bandcamp.com
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For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:
https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com
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Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE

Wednesday Jan 07, 2026
Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion | An Interview with Kevin Gray
Wednesday Jan 07, 2026
Wednesday Jan 07, 2026
Happy New Year, fellow vinylists! Back with another contribution to Vinyl Community Podcasts, host David Bianco of the YouTube channel Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion shares an interview conducted with the venerable mastering and audio engineer Kevin Gray.Ā
Kevin has mastered music for every major label in every genre, including pop, rock, jazz, classical, adult contemporary, alternative, punk, heavy metal, contemporary Christian, new age, gothic, world ethnic, disco, dance, soul, blues, and hip-hop / rap. In addition, Kevin has to his credit more than a hundred top ten and Grammy award winning records, and dozens of RIAA certified gold and platinum albums and singles.
In this interview he shares integral parts of his journey to becoming a premier audio mastering engineer, beginning way back at the age of eighteen to the present day with the business he operates, Cohearent Audio. You'll hear about mentors in Kevin's career along the way, the importance of plating in the record production process, his thoughts on half-speed mastering and lacquer availability, and additional insights into the full chain process of bringing a recording to life on the vinyl format.
Sit back and adjust those audio devices to their preferred settings, your tray tables upward, and relax as David is proud to bring another Audio Excursion to the Vinyl Community here on Vinyl Community Podcasts!
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For more on David Bianco (Safe & Sound Texas Audio Excursion):
https://www.youtube.com/@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion
Please join David every Monday on his YouTube channel for "The Audio Quest", a livestream discussing the latest news in gear, releases, and topics keen to the auditorily inclined.Ā

Monday Dec 22, 2025
Monday Dec 22, 2025
As we close 2025 here on Vinyl Community Podcasts, the last BONUS TRAX segment of the year features a spirited debate amongst the SURFACE NOISE crew about the greatest (and worst) Christmas/Holiday songs in existence. Dishes were smashed. Names were called. And we find Arnaldo is not a fan of Saint Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime"....like the opposite of big fan. Like hates it, hates it. š¤¬
Ultimately, In a sea of Mariah Carey's, be an Eartha Kitt. š»
Thank you for your continued support on VCP, Surface Noise, and all the programming we put out. 2026 will be another great year, and we thank you for being part of it! šššš
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For more on host Concert Buddie:
https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie
IG: @concertbuddie
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For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):Ā
https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency
IG: @fidelios_frequency
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For more on Jason Roxas:
https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas
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For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):
https://www.instagram.com/thegrooveseeker
IG: @thegrooveseeker
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El Presidente, Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong):
https://www.youtube.com/@josemorenorahn
https://auroracentralrecords.bandcamp.com
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For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:
https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com
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Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE

Thursday Dec 18, 2025
Surface Noise | 2026 Vinyl Predictions
Thursday Dec 18, 2025
Thursday Dec 18, 2025
For the latest full SURFACE NOISE of 2025, we are taking you back....to the FUTURE! Our dais of (sometimes) disciplined vinyl mercenaries walks through some current events in the wonderful world of vinyl before turning their eyes, ears, and wallets to 2026.
What will be some titles reissued in the new year? What trends or macro (or micro) patterns will envelope the hobby? Is this the year the pricing bubble bursts? And will there finally get a Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" zoetrope?
So many questions, so little time.
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This is the show of records, talking about records.
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For more on host Concert Buddie:
https://www.youtube.com/@ConcertBuddie
IG: @concertbuddie
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For more on Arnaldo (fidelios_frequency):Ā
https://www.youtube.com/@fidelios_frequency
IG: @fidelios_frequency
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For more on Jason Roxas:
https://www.youtube.com/@JasonRoxas
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For more on Chris (Groove Seeker):
https://www.instagram.com/thegrooveseeker
IG: @thegrooveseeker
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El Presidente, Jose Moreno Rahn (aka John Bong):
https://www.youtube.com/@josemorenorahn
https://auroracentralrecords.bandcamp.com
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For more information on Vinyl Community Podcasts:
https://vinylcommunitypodcasts.com
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Don't forget to visit FOTS (friends of the show) Vinyl Storage Solutions for the BEST sleeves to protect your best records (and your worst). Save 10% using the code(s) below: CONCERTBUDDIE
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